Yitzhak Buxbaum

Yitzhak Buxbaum is a dynamic spiritual teacher, Torah scholar, and author of eleven acclaimed books, including Jewish Spiritual Practices, The Light and Fire of the Baal Shem Tov, and Jewish Tales of Holy Women. Both modern and traditional, he reaches people of every background and level of knowledge. He was ordained as a maggid (inspirational teacher) by Rabbis Shlomo Carlebach and Zalman Schachter-Shalomi. Maggid Yitzhak teaches at synagogues, JCCs, Hillels, and other Jewish institutions, as...See more

Yitzhak Buxbaum is a dynamic spiritual teacher, Torah scholar, and author of eleven acclaimed books, including Jewish Spiritual Practices, The Light and Fire of the Baal Shem Tov, and Jewish Tales of Holy Women. Both modern and traditional, he reaches people of every background and level of knowledge. He was ordained as a maggid (inspirational teacher) by Rabbis Shlomo Carlebach and Zalman Schachter-Shalomi. Maggid Yitzhak teaches at synagogues, JCCs, Hillels, and other Jewish institutions, as well as universities, across the United States and Canada. Reb Yitzhak ordained forty people in his Jewish Spirit Maggid Training Program, the first such program of its kind. He founded and directs the Jewish Spirit Quest Program to help men and women of all backgrounds and denominations find their own unique spiritual path. He lives in Brooklyn, New York with his wife, spiritual storyteller Carole Forman. ... See less